Records that can be touched and take up physical space

Physical Records

Also referred to as digital records. Records that are made and used by information technology devices

Electronic Records

Records that are common to most enterprises revolving around day-to-day operations of an enterprise

Records that are common and only apply to a specific (set of) industries, such as medical industry records

Records that are mandated by a government or by an enterprise for the purpose of addressing potential issues with litigation

- Physical records
- Electronic records
- Enterprise records
- Industry records
- Legal hold records

Categorization of record types to assist in creation, organization, storage, retrieval, movement, and destruction of records